Running a speed test on your home internet connection (and getting great results) is important, right?
Sure, a flashy test result is great.
But it doesn’t matter that much.
Here’s what does.
And we’re certainly not trying to take that satisfying feeling away.
Here’s why speed test results aren’t as useful as they seem.
They’re not exactly rigged in the fraudulent carnival game sense, but they are designed for optimal results.
The internet is a great big place, and the conditions speed tests are run under are quite small.
The usual culprit is the method by which they have conducted the speed test.
The most common mistake isrunning the speed test on your smartphoneor a Wi-Fi-connected laptop.
Ideally, you should conduct speed tests with a computer connected to your router via Ethernet capable.
it doesn’t have much impact on your day-to-day life.
An Up-to-Date Wi-Fi Router
YourWi-Fi routeris the heart and brain of your entire home connection experience.
We feel so strongly about this we encourage people to updatetheir routers before they upgrade their broadband package.
And even people that don’t have screaming fast internet shouldstill update their router despite their slow internet connection.
On the fence about upgrading to a better router?
Ifyour router is five years or older, you should replace it.
If you canmove your routerto amore central location in your home, you should do so.
And while you’re at it, be sure to place itaway from these common Wi-Fi-blocking materials.
No good way to move the router?
But it’s just as useful for stable high-speed data connections today as it was twenty years ago.
And don’t neglect the handyEthernet ports on your mesh web link nodesif you have a mesh web link.
